Ledger Partners with Nomura and Global Advisors to ‘Pave the Way for Secure and Compliant Institutional Investment’

Helping institutional investors enter the cryptocurrency space has been the overriding theme of this year’s Consensus conference in New York City — and one such notable announcement is the partnership between Nomura, Ledger, and Global Advisors, who plan on building a secure digital asset custody solution. Welcome, InstitutionsIn an effort to provide infrastructure and an operational framework to the overarching investment management industry, Nomura, Ledger, and Global Advisors are partnering to create Komainu — a project aimed at bringing together “the traditional and disruptive worlds of asset custody, paving the way for secure and compliant institutional investment in digital assets.”According to an official news release, Komainu — which pulls expertise from the realms of “traditional banking, asset administration, fund management, trading, and digital asset security” — will afford institutional investors the ability to “embed or implement a consistent set of best practice standards with their businesses.”

CRYPTO: A major announcement at #consensus2018 that did not seem to get a lot of airtime @LedgerHQ announcing an institutional custody solution in partnership with @Nomura and @GABIjersey. Addresses a major issue for institutional investors https://t.co/BqAu0JVxWM— …